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Birol Ünel
Actor
Died September 3, 2020 (59 years)
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Birol Ünel (born 18 August 1961) is a German actor of Turkish descent. He has acted in a number of German and Turkish films, TV series and theatrical productions. His name, "Birol", means "unique" in Turkish.
Ünel was born in Mersin in southern Turkey. In 1968, his family moved to Brinkum near Bremen in Germany. He studied acting at Hanover Conservatory.
Ünel began as a theatre actor at the Berliner Tacheles where he played the lead and also directed the play "Caligula". Ünel made his film debut in 1988's The Passenger. He played a private detective in the film Dealer which he followed up with a role in Fatih Akın's Im Juli. Birol then acted in the award winning Gegen die Wand as Cahit Tomruk. He won the German film prize for best actor for this role.
His latest films have been Transylvania, Seven Heroes and Soul Kitchen. Ünel also acted in the hit Turkish film Hırsız var! in 2005.
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Filmography
| 2018 | Hürkus: Göklerdeki Kahraman · as İvan |
| 2016 | Falling · as Aslan |
| 2016 | Plan B · as Hausmeister |
| 2016 | Back to Nothing · as Kongo |
| 2015 | I'm Off Then · as Americo |
| 2015 | Grand Family (TV Series) · as Teoman |
| 2013 | Before Snowfall · as Greek soldier |
| 2012 | Looking for Eimish · as Lupô |
| 2011 | Sleepless Night · as Yilmaz |
| 2011 | Brasch - Das Wünschen und das Fürchten · as Speaker |
| 2009 | Soul Kitchen · as Shayn Weiss |
| 2008 | Der Mond und andere Liebhaber · as Gansar |
| 2007 | Strangers · as actor |
| 2007 | The Unpolished · as Axel |
| 2007 | Beneath the Rooftops of Paris · as Bruno |
| 2006 | Transylvania · as Tchangalo |
| 2006 | Valerie · as Jaro |
| 2006 | House of the Sleeping Beauties · as Herr Gold |
| 2005 | Robbery Alla Turca · as Pamir |
| 2005 | Crime.de (TV Series) · as Herr Weiß |
| 2004 | Head-On · as Cahit Tomruk |
| 2004 | Kalbin Zamani · as Demir |
| 2003 | King of Thieves · as Birol |
| 2001 | Enemy at the Gates · as Politruk |
| 2001 | My Mother · as Hasan |
| 2001 | Die Kumpel (TV Series) · as Erol |
| 2000 | In July · as Club Doyen |
| 1999 | Dealer · as Erdal |
| 1999 | Unknown Friend · as Moritz |
| 1999 | Delta Team - Auftrag geheim! · as Ali |
| 1998 | The Clown (TV Series) · as Cosmo Nunnari |
| 1998 | Tierarzt Dr. Engel (TV Series) · as Siggi Kirchlechner |
| 1998 | 2000 seen by... An international collection (TV Series) · as Mustafa |
| 1997 | Todesspiel · as Zohair Y. Akache aka 'Captain Mahmoud' |
| 1997 | Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur · as Unknown |
| 1997 | Schimanski (TV Series) · as Pele |
| 1996 | Alarm for Cobra 11 (TV Series) · as Harkan Bülent |
| 1995 | Balko (TV Series) · as Tobias Wölke |
| 1994 | Die Stadtindianer (TV Series) · as Killer |
| 1994 | Doppelter Einsatz (TV Series) · as Necmettin Öcalan |
| 1992 | Mau Mau · as Schulte |
| 1988 | Welcome to Germany · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Der Fahnder (TV Series) · as Nick Peters |
| 1981 | A Case for Two (TV Series) · as Klaus |
| 1980 | Auf Achse (TV Series) · as Kemal |
| 1970 | Tatort (TV Series) · as Gürkan Agban |